1Professor, KLEU Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
2MPT, KLEU Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
3Assistant Professor, KLEU Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
4Associate Professor, KLEU Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
Online published on 28 December, 2016.
Functional activities practiced in Indian scenario differ in many ways in comparison to other countries. No functional scales have been developed addressing the needs of the Indian population. The scale is developed to assess the independence in physical and cognitive function.
The KIPTFunctional Assessment Scale (KIPTFAS) was developed using a multistep method, divided into three phases: phase 1, conceptualization and item generation; phase 2, item reduction, allocation of items to domains and validation of the questionnaire; and phase 3, repeatability and responsiveness testing of final version of the questionnaire.
Cronbach's α, split half reliability, Guttman split half coefficient, validity, correlation of 1 half and 2 half of the scale was analyzed.
The reliability of each item in the scale of the patient and healthy population together and healthy population alone was found above 0.9 and validity was found to be 99.8.
The KIPTFAS is suitable for the activities performed in an Indian scenario, detailed, easy to administer and well validated and reliable outcome measure.
The KIPTFAS represents an advance in the management of functions where there is lack of outcome measures to guide the healthcare workers and researchers as it assesses most of the physical and cognitive functional components in an individual from rural and urban population.
KIPT Functional Assessment Scale, Physical, Cognitive, Indian population
